Set up a National Judicial Commission for judicial appointments
“We will set up a National Judicial Commission which will recommend judicial appointments in High Courts and Supreme Court and draw up a code of ethics for the judiciary.”
TAREEKH PE TAREEKHStalled
The verdict
Law Minister Arun Jaitley introduced a constitution amendment bill for a National Judicial Commission in 2003. It was not passed before the Lok Sabha was dissolved, and no commission was set up in the term.
Rule applied: Stalled: deadline passed or 2+ years idle, but funded or a bill was introduced → 2
⌛ 8,172 din lateImplied deadline (end of term): 22 May 2004Confidence: mediumAI draft · review pending
2/10
Evidence timeline
- NewsUndated· OutlooksupportsA Watchdog Sans Bite (Prem Shankar Jha) ↗
“Union law minister Arun Jaitley introduced a bill in Parliament designed to set up a National Judicial Commission. If passed it will become the 98th amendment of the Constitution.”
- PIB21 Feb 2003· Press Information BureaucontextNational Judicial Commission (Lok Sabha reply) ↗
“As setting up of the Commission would involve amendment of the Constitution of India, it is not feasible to indicate a time-frame in this regard.”
Promise ID nda-ls-1999-022 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON